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Deep dives into system design, AWS, and AI/ML deployment.
Designing a URL Shortener on AWS: From Zero to Production
A complete walkthrough of designing a production-ready URL shortener on AWS — covering hashing strategies, database selection, caching, and scaling to billions of redirects.
Deploy Your ML Model on AWS Lambda: The Complete Production Guide
Step-by-step guide to packaging a scikit-learn or PyTorch model as a Lambda function — covering cold starts, container images, model versioning, and A/B testing on AWS.
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